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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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